Saturday, February 18, 2012

IISER, Kolkata was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

Institute: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Kolkata)

Programme: Summer Research Programme in Science and Engineering

Scholarship highlights:

To provide B.Sc., M.Sc., B.S., M.S., B.Tech., and B.E. students of other institutions or universities an opportunity of exposure to a research environment by associating them with one of the research groups of IISER during the summer vacation.

The programme will be operative during the summer vacation of the IISER-K from 14th May to 14th July, 2012.

Each summer student will be formally associated with a faculty member of the Institute for a duration of 6 – 8 weeks within the above mentioned dates.

Accommodation may be provided subject to availability. Access to computational and library facilities will be permitted. However, any misuse of the facilities will result in summary termination of the student from the programme.

A certificate will be given at the end of the programme. Students having KVPY/INSPIRE fellowship, and those selected under the Indian Academy of Sciences summer fellowship programme will receive financial support from the respective sponsoring organization.

The summer students will have to be on campus throughout the period of visit, will have to abide by the rules and regulations applicable to the regular students of IISER-K, and will have to submit a report on the work done during the period of visit.

Financial support: Students having KVPY/INSPIRE fellowship, and those selected under the Indian Academy of Sciences summer fellowship programme will receive financial support from the respective sponsoring organization. Students selected for the IISER-K summer fellowship programme without such financial support will be given a stipend of Rs. 3000/- per month.